HNV Farming & Biodiversity

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Cereal steppes (Spain)

This landscape is typical of large areas of the Spanish interior that are dominated by extensive cereal cropping favouring the maintenance of a highly diverse steppeland bird community, including many species of conservation concern.

Location: SPA Rio Jarama & Henares, Spain

HNV Farming & Biodiversity

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Liébana, Spain

The Liebana valley, with an important area included in the National Park "Picos de Europa", has one of the most important limestone formations of Atlantic Europe.

Location: Liébana, Spain

Southwest Ulster and North Connacht, Ireland

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SW Ulster and North Connacht, Ireland

Lying in the northwest corner of Ireland and straddling two provinces, Ulster and Connacht, this agricultural area high in semi-natural vegetation has been farmed since Neolithic times.

Location: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex

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Saargau, Germany

Large site encompassing all typical habitats of this "Muschelkalk" region.

Orchid-rich dry grasslands, lowland hay meadows, orchards, rocky slopes with scree and different forest communities.

Location: Wolferskopf

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Csik Mountains, Romania

The name of the site is derived from a mountain basin of the Eastern Carpathians, called Csik Basin.

The basin got its name from the Weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis) that was once very abundant in the floodplain marshes.

Location: Muntii Ciucului

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The concept of High Nature Value farming developed from a growing recognition that the conservation of biodiversity in Europe depends on the continuation of low-intensity farming systems.

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HNV-Link

A new 13-partner network

www.hnvlink.eu

HNV-Link creates a community of practice and knowledge by linking 10 areas throughout the European Union where HNV farming systems are prevalent. more.

HNV Farming

What is HNV farming?

HNV farming is present in all European countries

The concept of High Nature Value (HNV) farming developed in the early 1990s from a growing recognition that the conservation of biodiversity in Europe depends, among other, on the continuation of traditional low-intensity farming systems. more.

EFNCP

Nature Conservation and Pastoralism

www.efncp.org

EFNCP is the only European organisation focusing on the maintenance of low-intensity livestock farming. more.